Buckle.



PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

J. J. BUCHANAN.

BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1907.

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JOHN J. BUCHANAN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB. TO WATERBURY BUCKLE COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION" OF CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

' such, as to insure a marked change of direction in the web when buckle is closed thereon,

' and to provide a tongue in said buckle having special means whereby it can be readily operated.

'Said buckle consists of a frame and a tongue both parts of which are struck up from shee netal in a way to'form a neat, at-

' tractive, durable and easily operated buckle,

especially adapted for bag straps, as will later be describedin detail, and is illustrated upon the accompanying drawing formin a part of this specification, upon which simi ar characters of reference denote hke or corresponding parts throughout the .several figures and of which, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the buckle. Fig. 2 is an edge e evation of'the same showing (in dotted lines) a'stra or'web attached thereto and engaged there y, and Fig. 3 is a pe iislpective view of the buckle.

e buckle consists of the frame 1 and thetongue 2, both of which are struck and formed up from sheet metal. The tongue 2 is provided with a forward serrated edge '3, and at ts middle with a lug 4 which is cut from the center of the body portion of the tongue and bent slightly up out of the plane thereof. The rear edge ofthe tongue is curled, as at 5;

c The frame 1 consists of the side ba'rs6, 6, and

the cross bars 7, 8, 9 and 10. Theintermediate cross bars 8 and 9 lie in the same plane and in. the same plane as the intermediate portions of the side bars'fi, while the forward cross-bar 7 is vertically disposed with relation to the intermediate portion of the side bar 6 and the lower edge 11 of the cross-bar j 7 is in the same plane, or substantially the I same plane, as the lower surfaces of the lnter- I mediate portions of the side bars 6.

forming the frame 1 up and in verticall disposing thecross-bar 7 as described, the ower Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 23, 1.907.. Serial No. 369,716.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

edge of the said cross-bar 7-may readilybe brought into the same plane with the lower.

surfaces of the intermediate portions of the side bars'6 by reason of the fact that the said cross-bar 7 is provided at its end portion with the recesses or incisions 12. The side bars 6 are provided upon their inner edges with the inwardly and oppositely disposed lugs 13, 13, which lie within the path of the tongue 2 and are adapted to limit the movement of the same. tongue 2 is carried around the cross-bar 8 which serves as a pivot for the said tongue.

Immediately behind thecross-bar 9 the side bars 6 are vertically disposed, while the cross-barlO lies in a plane above and parallel The curledend 5 of the with the plane in which the bars 6, 8 and 9 lie. dotted lines in Fig. 2) is attached to the crossbar 9 and passes through the loop formed by the said cross bars and the rear ends of the side bars 6 and the cross-bar 10, The free end of the said strap or web is passed between the broad face of cross-bar 7 and the serrated engaging edge 3 Of'the tongue 2, and the extremity of the said strap or web is slipped under" the cross-bar 10. The tongue 2at its serrated edge terminates short of the broad face of the cross-bar 7, to-snugly en age the web or strap 14 which is contorte out bf alinement betweenthe tongue 2 andf'the cross bar 7, which forms a means for positively en The end of the web 14 (indicatedv by gaging and retaining the said strap or web at the point of engagement. 4

What is claimed is t A buckle comprising a 'rectangularframe, a cross-bar betweenthe side bars of said frame, a pivot bar between said side bars and on the same plane with said cross-bar and said frame, a flat tongue on said pivot bar having its underface on a plane with the .upper face of said frame, an-endbar contiguous with the free end of said ton ue and presenting a prac-- so I tically vertical wal in opposition thereto, an

end bar at theother end of said frame, and

means for controlling themovement of saidtongue.

Signed at Waterbury, in the county of'NeW Haven, and State ofConnecticut, this 16th day of April, A. D. 1907.

JOHN- J. BUCHANAN.

Witnesses 1% THOMAS F. HALPIN,

Enw. C. MILLER. 

